tabugi
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tabugui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tabuˈɡiʔ/ [t̪ɐ.bʊˈɣɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -iʔ
- Syllabification: ta‧bu‧gi
Noun
tabugî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜓᜄᜒ) (anatomy, dialectal, Batangas, Quezon)
- top of the rump or buttocks
- Synonym: sasapnan
- Naapektuhan ang aking tabugi nang madulas ako sa aming banyo.
- My buttocks was affected when I happened to slipped on our bathroom.
- croup
- coccyx; tailbone
- Synonym: kuyukot
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “tabugi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño[1] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 325
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 350
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier